| 单词 | to cast runes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast runes b. A small stone, piece of bone, etc., marked with a rune and used in divination. Frequently in to cast runes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > casting of lots, sortilege > [noun] > object used in lotlOE cavela1400 rune1829 1829 Foreign Q. Rev. 4 126 He sang the awful verses of evocation..and cast the magic-runes, till compulsively the prophetess raised herself and spake. 1851 H. C. Andersen Pictures of Sweden 129 ‘To cast runes’ was, in the olden time, to exercise witchcraft. When the apple, with ciphers cut in it, rolled into the maiden's lap, her heart and mind were infatuated. 1880 M. Macdowall Asgard & Gods xii. 273 They shook and cast the runes, and those of death lay uppermost. 1959 A. Sinclair My Friend Judas x. 123 An old witch kept casting runes beside a fire... Depending which way up the runes landed, she could tell the future. 1986 R. Pollack Teach yourself Fortune Telling v.135 Most people keep their Runes in a leather or suede pouch, which is useful for casting as well as storage. 2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 447 Some crusty geeza arnsas it, lookin just as a expected; cammy jacket, dreads down to is arse, rings in is nowse an lips. Runes on a string rahnd is neck. The usual crap. < as lemmas |
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